Prime Minister Trudeau recently said that infrastructure spending is “the key” to kick-starting Canada’s economy.
Government Spending & Taxes
January 15, 2016
9:52AM
Trying to stimulate other sectors of the economy so their increased output will balance off the loss in energy will simply build in future problems of maladjustment in these industries.
January 12, 2016
9:01AM
Federal transfers to the provinces are higher today than ever before, with a projected cost of $1,897 per Canadian this fiscal year.
January 11, 2016
10:45AM
By 2015/16, combined federal and provincial government net debt in Canada is expected to reach $1.3 trillion.
January 8, 2016
3:00AM
The Green Party opposes the Nova Scotia government’s apparent plan to back the re-opening of the Donkin coal mine in Cape Breton.
January 4, 2016
3:00AM
Even the prospect of small deficits relative to GDP may generate substantial investor uncertainty in an environment where interest rates are on the way up.
December 21, 2015
9:45AM
The Canadian retirement income system already provides Canadians with an adequate standard of living in retirement.
December 21, 2015
3:00AM
Between 2001 and 2008, Ontario provincial government spending grew at an average of five per cent annually while revenues only grew four per cent.
December 18, 2015
10:31AM
Name something our governments aren’t already doing. Now name something our governments are doing spectacularly well.
December 16, 2015
10:12AM
As recent as 2009/10, Quebec’s per-person net debt burden was approximately $4,400 higher than Ontario’s. That gap is projected to be just $1,100 this year.
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